Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Tourists stumble down Broadway
– Ka tū ngā tūruhi Ki Broadway
Cumberland keeps claiming bodies
– Kei te tono tonu a Cumberland i ngā tinana
All our best memories
– Ko ā mātou mahara pai katoa
Were bought and then turned into apartments
– I hokona, kātahi ka huri hei whare noho
The club with all the hardcore shows
– Ko te karapu me ngā whakaaturanga pakeke katoa
Now just a greyscale Domino’s
– I Tēnei wā he Domino’s hina noa iho
The churches overflow each Sunday, greedy Sunday morning
– Ka rere nga hahi i ia rātapu, i ia ata rātapu haehae
Giftshop in the lobby
– Giftshop i roto i te tomokanga
Act like God ain’t watching
– Kia rite Ki Te Atua e kore e matakitaki
Kill the soul, turn a profit
– Patua te wairua, hurihia he hua
What lives on? Southern Gotham
– He aha te ora? Te Tonga O Gotham
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
With my belief
– Ki taku whakapono
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
‘Cause I’m a true believer
– ‘No te mea he whakapono pono ahau
They put up chain-link fences underneath the biggest bridges
– I whakairihia e rātau he taiapa mekameka ki raro i ngā piriti nui rawa
They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children
– Ka whakatakoto rātau i roto i ngā kāri Kirihimete me ngā patu e rite ana ki a rātau tamariki katoa
They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face
– Ka mea ratou ko Ihu te ara engari ka hoatu e ratou he mata ma ki a ia
So they don’t have to pray to someone they deem lesser than them
– Na e kore ratou e whai ki te inoi ki te tangata whakaaro ratou iti iho i a ratou
The South will not rise again
– E kore te Tonga e ara ake ano
‘Til it’s paid for every sin
– ‘Kia utua ra ano mo nga hara katoa
Strange fruit, hard bargain
– He hua motuhake, he hokohoko tino
Till the roots, Southern Gotham
– Tae noa ki ngā pakiaka, Ki Te Tonga o Gotham
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
With my belief
– Ki taku whakapono
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
‘Cause I’m a true believer
– ‘No te mea he whakapono pono ahau
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
With my belief
– Ki taku whakapono
I’m the one who still loves your ghost (Ah-ah)
– Ko ahau te tangata e aroha tonu ana ki to wairua (Ah-ah)
I reanimate your bones
– Ka whakaara anō ahau i ōu wheua
‘Cause I’m a true believer (Ah-ah-ah)
– ‘No te mea he whakapono pono ahau (Ah-ah-ah)
